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HIS FOR EVER

Meter: 8.7.8.7 D Appears in 3 hymnals Composer and/or Arranger: Joseph Barnby Incipit: 55517 21114 3253

I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!

Appears in 406 hymnals Used With Tune: HIS FOR EVER

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I've found a Friend; oh, such a Friend

Hymnal: Hymn Tunes #150 (1897) Languages: English Tune Title: HIS FOR EVER

I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend

Author: J. G. Small Hymnal: The Home and School Hymnal #171a (1894) Languages: English Tune Title: HIS FOR EVER

I've found a Friend; O such a Friend!

Hymnal: The Church Hymnary #215b (1902) Languages: English Tune Title: HIS FOR EVER

1838 - 1896 Person Name: J. Barnby Composer of "HIS FOR EVER" in The Church Hymnary Joseph Barnby (b. York, England, 1838; d. London, England, 1896) An accomplished and popular choral director in England, Barnby showed his musical genius early: he was an organist and choirmaster at the age of twelve. He became organist at St. Andrews, Wells Street, London, where he developed an outstanding choral program (at times nicknamed "the Sunday Opera"). Barnby introduced annual performances of J. S. Bach's St. John Passion in St. Anne's, Soho, and directed the first performance in an English church of the St. Matthew Passion. He was also active in regional music festivals, conducted the Royal Choral Society, and composed and edited music (mainly for Novello and Company). In 1892 he was knighted by Queen Victoria. His compositions include many anthems and service music for the Anglican liturgy, as well as 246 hymn tunes (published posthumously in 1897). He edited four hymnals, including The Hymnary (1872) and The Congregational Sunday School Hymnal (1891), and coedited The Cathedral Psalter (1873). Bert Polman

James G. Small

1817 - 1888 Person Name: J. G. Small Author of "I've found a Friend; O, such a Friend" in The Home and School Hymnal Small, James Grindly, son of George Small, J.P. of Edinburgh, was born in that city in 1817. He was educated at the High School, and the University of Edinburgh. He studied divinity under Dr. Chalmers, and in 1843 he joined the Free Church of Scotland. In 1847 he became the minister of the Free Church at Bervie, near Montrose. He died at Renfrew, Feb. 11, 1888. His poetical works were (1l) The Highlands and other Poems, 1843, 3rd ed. 1852; (2) Songs of the Vineyard in Days of Gloom and Sadness, 1846 ; (3) Hymns for Youthful Voices, 1859; (4) Psalms and Sacred Songs, 1866. His well-known hymn "I've found a Friend; oh such a Friend" (Jesus, the Friend), appeared in his Psalms & Sacred Songs, 1866. It is found in I. D. Sankey's Sacred Songs and Solos, 1878, and others. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, Appendix, Part II (1907)